we appreciate it. jon: "america live" starts right now. megyn: fox news alert on three big stories that we are following. dramatic developments in the development into the attack in libya. it took the lives of three americans. i'm sorry, poor americans. plus, a major speech from governor romney and forecasters sounding the alarm is a storm barrels towards the east coast. it is a busy afternoon. welcome to "america live", i am megyn kelly. going quickly to the radar. look at this. forecasters in washington saying we don't have many modern precedents for what the store models are suggesting. hurricane sandy, which has already lashed cuba and the bahamas is on a collision course with two other weather systems in the united states. we will have updated storm and transform information for human moments. we are also waiting to hear from governor romney and the critical that a ground state of iowa. take a look at games where we are expecting the governor to take the microphones now.

what he calls his major economic address. we will keep it live as soon as the governor starts speaking. but first, this is an exclusive information about the terror attacks in libya. just coming in to fox news. after weeks of denying our ambassador and others, the attack was underway and helpless tonight. during the deadly raid, cia operatives asked to times for permission to go and help the ambassador and his staff as they were under attack. both times, the requests were denied. then, a second firefight erupted at a second location. the annex. this is hours later. and the two former navy seals would wind up dead make a third request for help.

on a final request, they were told to stand down. with backup not provided. we learned new details about those two u.s. navy seals that were killed in gaza. tyrone woods, yanked from the cia annex. even though he was told not to twice, to help save lives. glen doherty moving from tripoli would not survive. national security correspondent jennifer griffin is alive. jennifer, what can you tell us? >> let me clarify two things. first, there were three separate requests to begin starting around 9:40 p.m. from the cia annex. first, there was a team of operators who are at the compound. they requested a clear chain of command to be sent over to help when they started hearing gunfire at the consulate. they knew that the consulate was

under fire and that the ambassador needed help. they were told to stand down twice. once around 9:40 p.m. they asked an hour later. at that point, he disregarded orders and they made their way from a small reaction rescue team from the cia annex, about a mile away, at that point, it was too late. he made some heroic efforts to rescue those and they brought them back to the annex and made it back to the cia annex at 12 midnight. at that point, another request for help. military help for some sort of coverage. but no help was sent. during that time, a quick reaction that included glen doherty and other team members as they made their way from the capital, tripoli.

they landed at the airport and benghazi at about 2:00 a.m. it took about 45 minutes to make their way. they were delayed at the airport because they couldn't get libyans among the ground. a delay them and getting to the compound. they got to the compound shortly before 4:00 a.m. four separate mortars. there was a machine gun position on the roof. those who are in benghazi the night of the attack, they had laser pointers on the mortar fire team. if they had been sent in, and some were on standby, a few hours away, but they could have prevented those mortars.

they felt that held was not sent when they requested it. >> jennifer, you reported that there was a white house meeting. there was a meeting in the oval office on the same night at 5:00 p.m. eastern eastern time. the president and vice president, and secretary of defense. has the administration offered any more detail on what went on? >> i can confirm that there were two separate surveillance drones that were up about benghazi. one was sent shortly after the attack. it was shortly after the attack began. video could have been accessed at any agency across washington. i am told some sources said anybody with special clearance can call up that live video feed from their classified computers and watch in real-time what is happening from the drone of the above. those drones were in the vicinity in eastern libya, already working.

they were replaced. in real-time, about an hour and 20 minutes after the attack on the consulate again, the secretary of defense, the vice president was meeting in the oval office. megyn: as jennifer just reported, the cia requested military backup three times. three times and was denied. tyrone woods, a u.s. navy seal, was killed in a terrorist attack. he ignored the orders to stand down. he went to the consulate to try to save those in peril. he fought to the bitter end. trying to keep the attackers at bay. his body was found slumped over his machine gun. he fired to the last moment. his father wants to know who indian administration made the call not to dispatch military assets, it that might have saved his son's life. instead, tyrone woods and the other americans had to fend for themselves. charlie joins us now by phone.

charlie, what is your reaction to breaking news? >> thank you, i appreciate the introduction, and i do want to reiterate and really emphasize again that this is not about politics. if it were about politics, it would dishonor my son. this is about honesty and integrity and justice. >> you learn more about his final moments, how he was denied three times, and how he ignored the orders to stand down and he rushed to the scene to try to do his best and he did it down to the last. >> my son was an american hero. and he had the moral strength to do what was right. even if that would professionally cost him his job. even if it would cost him his

life. he was a hero who was willing to do whatever was necessary. to respond to the cries for help. if, in fact, those people from the white house were courageous and have the strength, within minutes of the first attack, -- he was not denied permission. i don't know much about weapons, but it's coming out right now. they actually had laser targets focused on the mortars and they refused to pull the trigger. to me, i'm an attorney. but to me, that is not right.

those people made the decision and who knew about this and lied about it -- they are murderers of my son. that is a very strong statement. but for their benefit, we need to stand up and they need to change the direction of their lives. i say, you know who you are. i hope years from now, you change the direction of your life. megyn: charlie, do you feel like you are getting straight answers? from the administration on this? >> this is all a pack of lies. that is one thing is the father whose son who has been killed, i do not appreciate lies. >> i'm a loving person. i love my son and i want to honor him.

facts are coming out right now. the reason i am even speaking up, whatever the facts came out that in real-time, the white house, minutes after the first bullet was fired, they watch my son and they denied his request for help. my son violated his orders in order to protect the lives of at least 30 people. he risked his life and i wish that leadership in the white house had the same moral porridge that my son displayed with his wife. megyn: as we look at the beautiful pictures that you gave us of your son when he was younger, we remember his legacy. he is an american hero, charlie. i will give you the last word. >> you know, i appreciate that. and i sent you those pictures of

him in high school. and i wanted you to show those for one reason. and that is so that people can be inspired and know that he was just a normal kid. we were an imperfect memory, but a normal family. i hope that his legacy goes on. and that we would raise a generation of american heroes. and that they would be inspired by his pictures and his life. those are strong morally and strong in every other aspect. we do not need another generation of liars who lack the moral strength. megyn: charlie, all the best you and your family. >> i really appreciate that. i really wish the best to those

people that love my son to be murdered. i mean i very sincerely. i want the best for them. they need to stand up, and they need to change the direction. thank you. >> thank you. all the best, sir. i know i speak for a lot of you when i say that your son is missed, and we honor his memory today. >> thank you for honoring him today. megyn: we will have much more on the story. by now you can send your thoughts on twitter at megyn kelly. we will be joined by the former white house chief of staff under george bush, as well as general tom mcinerney. [ male announcer ] this is sheldo whose long day setting up the news starts with arthritis pain and a choice. take tylenol or take aleve, the #1 recommended pain reliever by orthopedic doctors.

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megyn: a fox news alert.

we are waiting for governor romney to speak in the critical battleground state of iowa. taking a look at ames, iowa, where we are waiting to deliver a major economic speech. iowa was a blue state in 2008 with a lot of independent voters. at the same time, we are getting new research showing governor romney gaining significant ground with a critical voting bloc. just 11 days before the presidential election. look at this poll. governor romney has a 19-point lead among independent voters. this surge is happening just over the last few days. here is a breakdown for you. governor romney went from three points to an eye-opening 19 points. it could be the sharpest tilt among independents in a presidential election since 1984 with reagan's landslide win. chris stirewalt is our digital politics editor. before we get to the independence, i know you were listening to the interview with mr. charlie woods.

everyone is flabbergasted at what is happening on this program. what are your thoughts on our? >> well, the only thought you can have is that as a father, you hear that and it is heartbreaking. i think it is a heartbreaking story. the reason that is significant is because there are a lot of parents who have suffered losses of their children in iraq and afghanistan and other american heroes. in this case, it is a story that encapsulates what happened in benghazi and encapsulates everything about the people, especially the establishment that has been struggling to get a grasp on what happened. here you have in real-time, not just what the white house knew. not just that they were watching. but the calls for help to have three calls for help reviews -- it is going to lead to a lot of lead to a lot of consternation and a lot of frustration. then you think about how a

father has to go forward and carry that message. what a difficult job for him. he is certainly changing the direction of this discussion at a crucial moment in the country. megyn: mitt romney chose not to go there on the question of libya at the last debate. many believe that that was a smart move for him. the swing and independent voters. is it connected? >> i do think it is connected. certainly, the president and his way on foreign policy is attributable to this. suspect with this news, but the pleas for help and the refusals but that would worsen, i think the biggest reason that the independents are moving away from this at such a fast pace is that the president has opted to have a narrow reelection

strategy that he is focused on primarily attacking mitt romney. and the character attacks on mitt romney. but he has also focused on narrow satisfaction efforts where he has tried to find narrow slots of his own political base and appeal to them, rather than making a broader argument. remember, what independents have in common is that they think the status quo on both parties probably are not so great. and they are looking for more unifying message is. >> speaking of governor romney, we are going to listen to his remarks. we are told this is a major economic address by team romney. >> does that change the country's course. there were turning points of defining consequence. we, today, are at a turning point. national debt threatens to crush our future. our economy struggles under the weight of government and fails to create the essential growth

and appointment that we need. at the same time, emerging powers seek to shape the world. china with its model of authoritarianism in and just hottest with sharia and repression and terror for the world. this is an election of consequence. our campaign is about big things. because we happen to believe that america faces big challenges. we recognize that we have a big choice and the american people want to see big changes. together, we can bring that real change to our country. [cheers] [applause] >> four years ago, candidate obama spoke to the scale of the times. today, he shrinks from them, trying to distract our attention from the biggest issues to the smallest issues. from characters on sesame street and silly word games to

misdirected personal attacks that he knows are false. the president's campaign falls fall short of the magnitude of these times. and the presidency has fallen far short of the promises of his last campaign. four years ago, america voted for a post- partisan president. they have seen the most partisan political president, and washington is in gridlock because of this. president obama promised to bring us together. but every turn he sought to divide and demonize. he promised to cut the deficit in half. but he doubled it. how about his budget? it failed to win a single vote, even republican and democrat, in either the house or the congress. he said he would reform medicare and social security and save them from insolvency. but he shrunk from proposing any solution at all. president obama's promised the

stimulus would be created by now. in countries that have made themselves more attractive for entrepreneurs, it tries to minimize the small and shiny objects. this election matters more than that. it matters to your family. it matters to the senior needs to get an appointment with a medical specialist. people who talk about how medicare has been slashed to pay for obamacare. that is the demand from wisconsin. a gentleman from wisconsin, he used to have a job now has a job at $8 per hour. without benefits. it matters to the college student graduating this spring

with 10 to $20,000 in student debt. [cheers] [applause] >> she also learns that she will be paying $50,000 in government debt. it puts the american dream beyond the reach of so many. that is for the child in the failing school unable to go to the school of his parents choosing because the teachers union that funds the presidential campaign opposes school choice. the president's campaign slogan is this. foreword. but to 23 million americans struggling to find a good job these last four years, it feels a lot more backward. [cheers] [applause] we cannot afford four more years like the last four years. this election is about big things. like the education of our children. the value of our homes. the take-home pay from our jobs. the price of gasoline that we pay. and the choices that we have in our health care.

it is also about the big things that determine those things. like the growth of the economy. the strength of our military. our dependence on foreign oil. and america's leadership in the world. president obama frequently reminds us that he inherited a troubled economy. a troubled economy is not all that he inherited. he als inherited the greatest nation in the history of the earth. [cheers] [applause] he inherited the most productive and innovative nation in history. he inherited the largest economy in the world. and he inherited the people who have always risen to the occasion regardless of the challenges that they face. so long as they have been led by men and women who brought us together, called on our patriotism, indicted our nation with patriotism and conviction. despite all that he inherited,

president obama did not repair our economy or save medicare and social security. he did not reach across the aisle to bring us together, nor did he stand up to china's trade practices who deliver on the promises about the muslim world, where anti-american extremism is on the rise. what he inherited wasn't the only problem. what he did with what he inherited made the problem worse. [cheers] [applause] in just four short years, he borrowed its trillion dollars nearly, adding almost as much debt held by the public as all american presidents combined. he frightened of new business from hiring new employees and added an onslaught of new regulations come often to the delight of biggest banks and corporations, and the detriment

of the small growing businesses that create two thirds of our jobs. [applause] >> new business starts at 30 year low. weary from the president's staggering regulations and proposing massive tax increases. many families can't get mortgages or loans because of the doctrine regulations. the president invested taxpayer money, your money in green companies now failing, that were sometimes owned by his largest campaign contributors. he spent billions of taxpayer dollars on investments like solyndra and tesla and fisker. it only added to her dad. energy prices are up. he rejected the keystone pipeline from canada, and cut in half drilling permits and leases. even if gasoline prices soared to new highs. the problem with the obama

economy is the misguided recovery and causing millions of people to endure lengthy unemployment and poverty. [cheers] [applause] that is why 50 million more of our fellow citizens are on food stamps and president obama took office. that is why 3 million more women are now living in poverty. that is why nearly one in six americans today is stagnant. we receive the latest round of discouraging economic news. last quarter, our economy grew at 2%. after the stimulus was passed, the white house said we would be growing at 4.3%. slow economic growth means slow job growth and declining take-home pay. that is what four years of obama policies have produced. americans are ready for change.

pro-growth, for jobs, for more take-home pay. we will bring that to them. [cheers] [applause] now, we have had four presidential and vice presidential debates. there is nothing with what the president proposed were defended that has any prospect of meeting the challenges of the times. rising taxes will not grow jobs or ignite the economy. in fact, his tax plan has been calculated to destroy 700,000 jobs. a new stimulus, three years after the recession officially ended, that may spare government, but it won't emulate the private sector than it did the stimulus of four years ago. cutting $1 trillion from the military would kill jobs and devastate our national defense. this is not the time to double down and trickle-down. this is time for new bold changes to measure up to the moment and they can bring america to certainties of the future will be better than the

past. [cheers] [applause] >> and paul ryan and i are elected this year as president and vice president, we will endeavor with our hearts and all her energy to restore america. instead of more spending, more borrowing from china and higher taxes from washington, we will renew our faith in the power of three people, pursuing their dreams, we will start our plan for a stronger middle class that has five elements. by shrinking the bureaucracy in washington. number two, we will produce more the energy that we need to heat our homes, fill our cars, and make our economy grow. we will stop the obama war on coal. in the effort to crimp natural gas by the very technology that

produces it. [cheers] [applause] >> we will support nuclear and renewables and phase out subsidies. rather than investing electric auto and solar companies, we will invest in energy science and research. to make discoveries that can actually change the energy world. by 2020, we will achieve north american energy independence. [cheers] [applause] >> three, we will open more markets for american agriculture and products and services. the best place for job creators and entrepreneurs and small business -- for integrators and manufacturers, updating and reshaping regulations to

encourage growth by lowering tax rates and lowering deductions and closing loopholes in making it clear from day one that unlike the current administration, we actually like business. and the jobs that business create. their kids and parents cannot be put above the interests. this economy will come roaring back. 12 million jobs will see rising take-home pay. we are finally going to see the

middle-class and it is about time. paul ryan and i are going to stop there. when we take office, we will save medicare and social security, both for current retirees and the generations to come. we will restore the $716 billion president obama has taken from medicare to pay for his obamacare. we will reform health care. the cost that has been skyrocketing to provide for those with pre-existing conditions as well.

we are going to look for common ground and we will put the interest of the american people about the economy. in business in the olympics and in my state, i brought people together to achieve real change. as you know, i was elected as the republican governor in a state that had a legislature that was 85% democrat. well, when i came into office we were looking at a multibillion dollar budget gap. instead of fighting with each other, we came together to solve the problems. we actually cut government spending. we reduced it. we lowered taxes 19 times. we defended school choice. we work to make our state business friendly. our state moved out. twenty places in job growth.

schools were ranked number one in the nation. we turn to the 3 billion-dollar budget deficit, which had turned into a rainy day fund. [cheers] [applause] america is ready for that kind of leadership. our plan for a strong middle-class will stop the decline and put america back in the path of prosperity and opportunity. this will enable us to fulfill our responsibility as leaders of the free world to promote the principles of peace. we will help the muslim world combat extremism. we will persuade iran from building their nuclear bomb.

throughout latin america and china, we will partner with them to build a stable and peaceful world. look, we face big challenges. but we also have big opportunities. new technologies offer the promise of information and limitless innovation. new ideas are changing lives and hearts and among diverse people. if we seize the moment, and rise to the occasion, the century ahead will be an american century. our children will graduate into jobs that are waiting for them. our seniors will be confident that their retirement is secure. our men and women have good jobs and good pay and good benefits. ensuring that our livelihoods are secure. what this requires is change. change from the course of the last four years. it requires that we put aside the small and the petty, and

demand the scale of change we deserve. we need real change. a change. that time has come. [cheers] [applause] our campaign is about that kind of change. confronting the problems the politicians who voted for over the decade. revitalizing our competitive economy. modernizing education. restoring our founding principles. this is the kind of change that promises a better future. we offer real change, change that offers promise and that the future will be better than the past. if you want this to be a turning

point in america's courts, join paul ryan and me and get your >> vote now for the kind of leadership these times demand. i'm counting on iowa. demand. i am counting on iowa. iowa may be the place to decide who the next president is. to vote. make sure we have the change to get america strong not just for is, but for coming generations. thank you, guys. god bless america, god bless america and blood bless you. thank you so much. megyn: governor mitt romney live in aims will be iowa. trying to paint the picture of contrast between himself and president. talking about the president running up $trillion in debt almost as much as all presidents

in history combined. criticizing obama-care. talking about the stimulus, what he believes are the green energy failures and saying a americans are ready for a change and pivoting to his point and five-point plan, talking about 12 million jobs saying he will grow this economy at 4% a year rather than the number we saw today which is 2% which governor romney termed a false recovery. we'll be joined by lou dobbs who will react to the governor and talk about another story that's getting a lot of attention today. that's the number i just mentioned. the gross domestic product numbers came out and they showed 2% growth last quarter. they had been projecting 1.8%. so it's better than they assumed it would be. during the reagan economy it was 7%. lou said there was a number

behind that 2% number and it concerns how much government spending went into that 2% number. back now to our top story. sources telling fox news during the consulate attack in libya two former navy seals and a cia operative in the area called for help repeatedly. they called three times. asking for military backup during the attack on our u.s. consulate while around ambassador was still alive, we believe. all three requests were denied. we are learning after they were told help was not coming and they should stand down, mr. woods ignored those orders and left of the ciaannex and drove to the consulate to try to personally save the ambassador. doherty came in from tripoli and he would be killed later. i spoke with tyrone woods'

father. >> it many coming out that they had laser targets focused on the mortars that were being set to kill my son and they refused to pull the trigger, they refused to send help. i'm an attorney, this may not meet the legal test of murder but to me that is not only cowardous, but those people who made the decision and lied about it ought murderers of my son. megyn: it was an emotional interview. i want to bring in chuck nash, a former navy captain and general onmci person iny. i have to start with you. you were on this program yesterday saying more could have been done. and they could have sent in this aircraft to help these guys.

now we learn the guys on the ground felt as you did and were requesting the aircraft you said could have been sent in and it was denied. >> megyn, this is still breaking news. it is absolutely shocking. first all, that three times the cia people called back so i think general petraeus and secretary clinton have to say why this help was denied. in addition when it went into the defense, the dod chain to panetta and general dempsey and ham, they have to answer. what i said yesterday and i believe it even more now, that if they would have launched f-16s they could have gone the them down within two hours. aviano is in italy. they could have gotten them down there in two hours. they didn't have to be armed. they just had to be overhead.

let me read something that the taliban said. tanks and armor are not a big deal. the planes are the killers. i can handle everything but the jet fighters. i believe two f-16s over benghazi over the safe house would have made a significant difference and that glenn doherty and tyrone woods would not have been killed. not for sure, but i believe that that presence would have had a difference. in addition i believe if tyrone woods would have been give up the go-ahead to go back over to the embassy that perhaps they could have gotten ambassador stevens out alive. i'm not happy to say that, but i'm very dissatisfied with what happened in washington, the top leadership of this country. our military and our agents and our people out there deserve better. megyn: captain nash, you have to look at this in the greater context. these guys in libya, they knew they didn't have adequate

security and they were requesting more from washington. they were requesting just to keep what they had and they were told no. the security was being reduced steadily. the british ambassador had an attempt made on his life. the brits shut down that their consulate. the red cross pulled out of libya. our ambassador in his diary was documenting his fears, he believed he was upon an al qaeda hit list. while the navy seals are begging for permission to save him, the permission was denied. how does that happen? >> that scenario i just laid out, megyn, just screams malfeasance. we spend a tremendous amount of money on our intelligence community and military. we have all the tools, we just need smart people putting those tools in place. why that embassy and that consulate were not better protected in something that we

the american public should demand accountability in this. megyn: we are going to pick this up in two minutes right after this break. [ male announcer ] are you considering a new medicare plan?

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call now. ♪ megyn: captain nash, by apologies. continue. >> i was trying to make it point it's not that we lack the tools of the trade, by you have to be willing to use them. the military as good as it is, as great as it is. the military gets tasked, they plan, and they execute the plan. if you don't give them the requirement to have something in place, an alert condition for example where you could have had an alert 30 aircraft on the deck at sigonella, or an alert 30 package out of aviano. all of those things are available. we used to have an aircraft carrier in the mediterranean now the threat has moved from

northern europe down into nagreb in africa. megyn: john mccain said we were not on alert despite the factors we talked about before the break. i want to ask you, these guys were denied to help the ambassador at the annex and like true navy seals they said screw that we are going. and they got out everyone they could who was alive and and they went back to the annex and that's where he died. several hours later after a meeting in the oval office our information is when they got back to the annex they again requested military support and again the request was denied. we are being told that request would have gone to the cia station chief in tripoli. it would have gone to langley and it may have gown into the

situation room. is that what you believe would have happened? >> absolutely. it went up into the situation room and into the oval office. let's not kid ourselves. when you lose or have an american ambassador being attacked it goes right to the president. if he doesn't get, you need a new commander-in-chief. everybody my this. it's now becoming evident that everybody knew this. because they didn't prepare in advance, that's a huge problem. they should have had a global hawk sitting over that and reapers offshore and, airborne. and the fact is they didn't even prepare which almost moves towards the criminal negligence that we didn't prepare ourselves for 9/11. we know it's so important to the radical islamists. so all these things put together is one huge error after another. our war fighters deserve much, much more and better leadership than they are getting right now.

megyn: leon panetta says there wasn't enough information. we'll be talking about andy card about that last discussion. did this go to the situation room and what was likely to have been done inside the oval office on that fateful night. we are continuing to follow hurricane sandy. the forecasters in d.c. saying we don't have many modern precedents for what the storm models are suggesting. new track information top of the hour. stay with us.

megyn: the obama campaign rolling out a controversial new web ad court the all-important women's vote, apparently. it features the creator of the hbo series "girls." she seems to be comparing voting for the first time to losing one's virginity. watch here. >> your first time shouldn't be with just anybody. you want to do it with a great guy. it should, a guy with beautiful, who really cares about and understands women. he cares whether you get health insurance and birth control. the consequences are huge. megyn: that's from team obama. as recent polls show romney erasing the double digit lead among women in ohio, will this help or hurt? >> reporter: as the people are polled and repolled the campaigns are realizing women

will make the difference in this election, particularly women in ohio. so buckeye state women are getting their voices heard. break count razor thin margin of undecided voters in ohio, 65% of them are women. no voter is more sought after than the female swing vote were. april is one of them. the candidates attacks are coming at her from every angle. democrats tying mitt romney to the controversial remarks about rape and abortion by richard mourdock. >> it's something that god intended to happen. >> reporter: the insended message is a conservative presidency would set women back and pose a risk could women's health, but the message falls flat on april. >> i want job security.

women's issues are important but they aren't hugely important to me. >> reporter: conservative groups are operating with the strategy that women are concerned about the same things men are. >> the economy is driving the issues in ohio. not this trumped war and reproductive rights. i don't think that's a winning message for the other side. >> reporter: spending a few days with women in the buckeye state. their concerns and priorities are to twers to fit neatly into a campaign ad. some prioritize a secure future and gas in the tank. some of them brought up equal pay. megyn: we are following brand-new developments in the deadly terror attack in libya. cia operatives sent three urgent calls for backup, all of which

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megyn: fox news alert. a followup on our exclusive information about the terror attack on the u.s. consulate in libya. fox news confirming requests for military help were made as the attack unfold but were repeatedly denied. welcome to "america live." i'm megyn kelly. sources on the ground in benghazi tell fox news as our compound came under attack by terrorists, cia operatives at an annex asked for permission to go to the consulate to try to help our u.s. ambassador chris stevens. repeatedly they were told to stand down, at least three times. former navy seal tyrone woods and two others went anyway. they were later joined back at the annex by glenn doherty who

flew in as a rapid response team. when they got to the consulate. tyrone woods and the others, disobeying the orders to stand down, they walked into this. as they came under fire, and as fire throughout the consulate because they set the consulate on fire, a request for military backup was called in. it was denied. when it was all over, former navy seals woods, dougher, intelligence officer sean smith and ambassador chris stevens were all dead. the body of tyrone woods was found slumped over his machine gun at the annex. he requested help again and none was forthcoming. i spoke to his father charlie a

short time ago. he has been virtually silent in the wake of his son's death. he said the family made the decision not to speak out but he says now he feels the need to do so. here is part of that interview. >> this is not about politics. if it were about politic it would dishonor my son's death it has to do with honor, integrity -- megyn: as you learn more about his final moments, he asked for backup three times and how he ignored the orders to stand down and rushed to the scene to try to save the ambassador and ultimately paid with his own life for his heroism. >> this news that he disobeyed his orders does not surprise me. my son was an american hero. and he was -- he had the moral strengths to do what was right

even if that would professionally cost him his job. even if it what potentially cost him his life. he was a hero who was willing to do whatever was necessary to respond to their cries for help. if in fact those people in the white house were as courageous and had the moral strength as my son ty had, immediately within minutes of the first attack they would have given permission. not denies permission for the c-130s to have gone up there. i don't know much about weapons. but it's coming out that they had laser targets focused on the mortars that were being set to kill my son and they refused to pull the trigger. they refused to sell the

c-130s. i'm not an attorney, this may not be the legal test of murder, but to me that is not only cowardous, but those people who knew about the decision and lied about it are murderers of my son. that's a strong statement. but for their benefit they need to clear their conscience, they need to stand up and they need to change the direction of their lives. right now, you know who you are. i totally forgive you. but i hope years from now, you change the direction of your life. megyn: charlie, do you feel like you are getting straight answers from the administration? >> this is all a pack of lies. that's one thing as a father whose son is killed, i do not appreciate lies. i do not lies.

i'm a loving person ... but i'm glad the facts are coming out right now. i do not -- the reason i'm even speak out. our family made the decision not to say anything. but after the facts came out that in realtime the white house, the minute after the first built was fired, they watched my son, they denied his pleas for help, my son violated his orders in order to protect the lives of at least 30 people. he risked his life to be a hero. i wish that the leadership in the white house had that same level of moral courage and heroism that my son displayed with his life. megyn: former white house chief of staff andy card who was chief of staff under george w. bush will join us on what the

administration could have been doing or thinking when two former navy seals fought for their lives to defend u.s. interests and were denied help. stay tuned for that. fox news alert. storm track information as millions of americans stare done a monster storm. one north carolina forecaster described, your personal memories of previous storms are of no use in this unique situation. a rare weather system fueling hurricane sandy chugging out of the caribbean on a possible collision course with the east coast, home to 66 million people. the most densely populated part of the country. destructive gale-force winds. 10 inches of rain and major coastal flooding expected. forecast to play out the next five or six days causing up to $1 billion in damage. the latest track on where the storm is headed, we go to rick

reichmuth. >> reporter: 5-days. probably thursday is when we'll stop talking about the storm as much. this is the precursor dealing with the rain across parts of florida and the carolinas. that's 3-5 inches of rain for some folks and winds up to 50 miles an hour. but the rain has been falling for 36 hours in florida. the storm is not moving very quickly unfortunately. we are confident it will take this left-hand turn. that that's what we have never seen happen with these storms in the month of october. it will combine and create a storm strengthening when it makes landfall. the track anywhere from the narragansett bay to the mid-atlantic. westerly track a monday morning landfall. so big differences there. any time you are on the right side of where that center is

that's the worst news. but everything right here from d.c. up towards boston in the bull's-eye. that's the most populated area in the country. we'll take a direct hit from one of the strong jest storms we have ever seen. megyn: pilots are in the air and inside the storm collecting realtime data even as we learn there are no modern precedents for what the storm models are showing us. joining us by phone a flight meteorologist with with noaa. paul, what do we know about the strength and intensity of what we are likely to experience here on the east coast? >> thank you for having us on again. what i just heard is really what we want to emphasize, such a large area that can be affected by this storm. we want to make sure everyone is getting the message. it does seem like everyone is paying attention and listening to this storm because of its uniqueness.

what we are seeing from the air is -- at the moment what we are expecting is weakening slightly. and it's expanding its field. that makes sense because it has more atmosphere to spin sow it weakens. that doesn't mean it's losing energy. it just means it's expanding that energy outward causing a larger area to be affected. that's why we are having watches and warnings from southern florida, bermuda and trying to get people to keep a heads up. this is a very, very large storm. megyn: a meteorologist in maryland said we are seeing a storm of the intensity we have not seen in this part of the country in the last century. can you help us understand what we are going to experience? >> from the perspective we have, we live in potential. we have to get the alert out to people of what could happen. we warn people. what we need them to be aware of and if it doesn't happen as bad

people think we overforecast. we have to live with the potential. we can't let people down. that's why we are flying these systems for noaa and the public. we are helping the forecasters get that information. we are talking everything from strong winds to beach erosion to an amazing amount of rain. it's tough forecasting tropical systems. you combine the unknown on both of those happening at the same time as this thing transitions and it's a nightmare for the forecast. this is a tough forecast and right now the best thing we can do is what you are helping us do is make everyone on ought ground aware of what could happen. megyn: overprepare. more on that in just a bit. moment ago president obama was asked about the security in libya. his answers next. along with our interview with the former white house chief of

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megyn: we have been following breaking news developments for the last couple hours on the deadly terror attack in lib what that left four americans dead. fox news learning from sources on the ground in benghazi that as the terrorists stormed our consulate two former navy seals requested permission to come to the consulate and save the life of ambassador stevens. they were told to stand down. three different times. here is what we know. tyrone woods and glenn doherty, the two former navy seals were part of a small team at the cia annex a mile from the consulate. as the consulate came under attack at 9:40 p.m. and these two heard the shots they reported the fighting to

headquarters. they were told twice to stand down. they called an hour later and requested permission and again they are told stand down. that's twice told stand down. meantime ambassador stevens is inside a room filling with smoke because the terrorists set the consulate on fire and he will ultimately dive asphyxiation. woods and doherty and two others ignore orders and head to the consulate anyway. the place on fire. they are taking fire and they call again for backup. again the request is denies. four hours later they have returned with the body of sean smith, they were unable to find ambassador stevens or his remains and they returned to the annex under heavy fire. four hours later the fire has died down and woods and doherty are found dead from mortar fire we believe that they were fighting back at annex. back in washington, d.c. at 5:00 p.m. eastern time. 90 minutes after the fighting

first began at consulate, the president, the vice president and the secretary of defense leon panetta gather for a meeting in the oval office. we are told they knew about the attack and had intelligence from the ground. let's pick up that story from andy card. welcome back to the program. now we know ... >> this is very troubling. megyn: now we know the president was having a meeting with the defense secretary at 5:00 p.m. eastern time. we are six hours behind benghazi. at 5:00 p.m. eastern time it's 1:00 a.m. benghazi time. at 1:00 a.m. the ambassador we believe was dead but the fighting was continuing at annex and doherty and woods were still alive and begging for backup that was never sent. put it in perspective. >> having worked at the white house during times of crisis i'm aghast we would have had these officials meeting in the oval office and not being counseled

to offer guidance and direction. i don't know what the conversations would have been in the oval office. but my experience tells me the national security adviser, the cia director and probably the chief of staff would have been involved in these meetings and there would have been a healthy tee bait over what to do. but you dent debate forever. you have to make decisions. when american lives are at stake and american national interests are at stake you have to act and lead. i'm troubled by this information. it also -- i'm going to complicate the challenge of trying to address why they didn't tell the american people about the nature of this attack after they knew what it was. so i think there are many troubling concerns to this latest information. and i don't think it's credible to say that the president or others were waiting to learn more about the nature of everything before they commented about it. they they knew about it almost realtime. megyn: doherty and woods wanted to get to the consulate to save the life of the ambassador they

knew was there. they were told twice not to do it. they went anyway. they weren't able to save him but they were able to get a security guard into the car and get whack to the annex. they radios, send us backup. they were denied. no backup was sent to the annex. that's where four hours later from the time they called for backup, those two were murdered. they had a gun on the person responsible for the mortar fire that would ultimately gun them. they had a gun trained on them and were asking for the special forces that could take advantage of that situation, and they were denied. now, that was after the oval office meeting. so the president was already aware, we presume. was aware of the situation there, andy. we are also told one other complicating thing. not one but two predator drones were over the area watching this and jennifer griffin reports that would have been fed back --

they are capable of sending back realtime visuals to the situation room at the white house. your thoughts. >> well, the descriptions are very credible. the white house situation room would have known all of this. they would have had realtime information to share with the president, the national security advisers, head of homeland security, the chief of staff, obviously the vice president and the secretary of defense. the chairman of the joint chiefs i'm sure was made very aware of everything going on. i can't believe we had these two true patriots that kept saying they wanted to go help the ambassador and they were denied it. then when they needed help for themselves they were denied it. so it's almost too irresponsible. we lost a phenomenal diplomat in our ambassador. we lost brave patriots trying to do the right things and as far as i'm concerned they were heros to save the ambassador and even

ignore the orders and do what they thought was right to save the ambassador representing america's interests there and they must have felt terrible when they got there and real is the the ambassador was already dead or at least taken away and they had to bring a body back with them and they called for help and it was denied. it'it's incredible to me. the denial at the white house after the fact is even more troubling. megyn: is there any chance the president spoke to leon panetta who has come out and said there isn't a clear picture what was on the ground. you don't send troops in when there is not a clear picture on the ground. is there any chance the president was deferring to panetta? >> there is always a fog of war. i'm sure the fog was dense and you didn't know really what was happening. but when i have credible people like doherty and woods there reporting realtime these are

level-headed people. for them to report they needed help or wanted permission to help first and needed help second and were denied. it's incredit you plus that we allowed their vision to be overruled about it vague that was not very clear in washington, d.c. the benefit of the doubt should have gone to woods and doherty who probably had a clear understanding of what was going on than the people in washington, d.c. because of the nature of the fog of war. it was a shame they were denied an opportunity to do what they thought was right. vis-a-vis the ambassador then they were denied the protection they should have had just because they were patriots for america doing a job america asked them to do and they had an expectation the america would provide support for them. megyn: we take that interview just before the show. we learned while tyrone woods

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megyn: stunning details into a criminal investigation into a green energy firm backed by the obama administration. a whistleblower comes forward and said solar panels could catch fire on people's roofs. the company officials knew it even before they took a $450 million loan from you the taxpayers. >> reporter: they went bankrupt in june of this year. at the time officials say it's because they couldn't compete with panel makers in china on price.

about it appears it was because their panels were defective. it appears that securities fraud, company officials duped officials and invettors about their product. what the department of energy did know or should have known before finalizing the loan guarantee in december of 2010. employees have come corresponded to say there kerr catastrophic failures known toe every one months before they got the federal loan. >> there were certain problems with the solar panels they were make. the employee says the solar panels worked fine as long as you didn't put them in the sun. among the allegations some of the panels would catch fire in the sun. while the federal loan did have support from some republicans. most notably governor mitch

daniels. the most influential back or was pat striker. her organization gave abound the startup capital. striker had given $500,000 to democrats since 2007, including $85,000 to president obama. >> she is listed in the white house logs three times and all of those times come around key points in the process of abound solar getting this loan. >> our calls to pat strike weren't returned. the department of energy wouldn't comment on these investigation other than to say they are cooperating fully. megyn: lou dobbs joins us on another story getting a lot of attention as the gross domestic product numbers show 2% growth. there is a story lynn that story and it concerns how much government spending went into that 2%. must see, lou dobbs next.

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>> but let's be -- let many be clear. this -- these protests were in reaction to a video that had spread to the region. we certainly don't know otherwise. we have no information to suggest that it was a preplanned attack. megyn: we were told there were demands for more security but we just don't know. the president saying he didn't know about the specific request for more. i want to clarify two things. we did that -- we taped it before the show then we learned

glenn doherty wasn't one of the guys who went to the consulate. but my math was off which i'm sure you noticed. 5:00 p.m. in the east coast would have been 11 p.m. we are told that these requests for more protection for backup -- that this would have been within the line of the cia command. they would have gone to langley we are being told. it's not a military denial. it is something that would have been under general david petraeus and possibly in the white house situation room. it's not something the pentagon would have been in control of. nonetheless. leon panetta says you don't move troops until you have a clear picture of what's going on on the ground. not in reaction to today's news but the news that's been building the last couple weeks. i don't know if that clarifies

anything by that's the situation as we know it today. >> the president's campaign slogan is "forward." but for those struggling the last four years it feels like backwards. megyn: governor romney speaking in the critical campaign state of iowa. the nation's economy grew 2% from july to september. shortly after the data was released we got reports there was a story behind the story, behind the 2% and we are joined by lou dobbs. is 2% good, bad, in between? >> it's very good given we have an economy that lacks leadership, that has ceos frozen because of the uncertainty of the fiscal cliff.

because they are watching cash balances rise on corporal america's balance sheets as they await some greater clarity about the direction of the country. we called them the gang of 80 on my broadcast. the correcbroad broadcast. this is a group of business leaders right now representing i think broadly business in this country. they know we have got to get our government under control. and it is -- it is a cataclysm awaiting reality come january 1. megyn: what i hear you trying to say is we would be doing better under other circumstances but 2% is good given the restrictions. 2% -- it's an improvement from where we were. what some of the economists are pointing out is under president reagan during this recovery we were at 7%.

it seem anemic but it's an improvement from where we were. >> it's not an improvement. that's one of the great mysteries why governor romney has not beaten obama over the head with it. in 2010 our gdp was 2.4. then 1.8. we are under 1.8% gdp with this new number. megyn: when averaged in for the year. >> correct. >> this is not the direction we should be going in any recovery. every other historical recovery has not been a straight line. but the path over three years would be decidedly higher. megyn: what is the story about the government spending. there is a theory by some that the government -- you know, i don't know that they actively

manipulated the numbers but they say the government spending went way up in this last quarter. megyn: the government spending went way up? that's not unusual. >> at this lift is unusual. this is ex alley high. the previous 2, 3 years we see federal defense expenditures move higher making up just about a third of the total gain. so. megyn: is it the third quarter when we make all our

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in session. a congressman's son is facing investigation after he is being investigated for voter fraud. jim morjim moran is a democratic congressman in virginia. this secret recording was made by an undercover activist james o'keefe. he has been questioned about his tactics, but in this case it appears the dispute is not over the authenticity of the tape but over what the congressman's son really meant to imply by his statement. we want to play a clip for you and take a look at how patrick moran responds when he's asked how to vote for 100 people. >>

megyn: what we are told and we don't know. maybe he will challenge the tape. we are told the crops looking into this to see whether he committed a crime and he is saying look, i tried to humor the guy. i don't endorse illegal behavior. and i wasn't taking this person seriously. but he resigned from his dad's reelection campaign.

what can they charge him with? >> i don't think they will be able to charge him with much. the video alone is a lot of smoke, megyn. they will have to search for the fire. because remember this. this is a totally staged event. the cops aren't involved in this. this an activist group with a camera. you put a camera in somebody's face long enough eventually you will see somebody pick their nose. the cops were not involved in this. we'll have to look at whether there was a substantial step towards the commission of a crime, in this case voter fraud. unless they get behind this video and this person did more than humor this guy, it will be tough for police. megyn: is giving advice enough? is that an act in furtherrans of the conspiracy? >> i can write a book on how to rob a bank and there is no crime in that. you need to take a substantial

step forward. that's the rub. i don't think they will have enough to charge him. megyn: if that's the case why are the police versus dwaight. >> i checked the virginia penal code and i couldn't find anything there to prosecute moran for stupidity. megyn: the courts would be very full if that were a crime. >> my living room, housed with inmates as well. this is politically motivated for sure. i want to take to you a hypothetical to show you how silly and comical and a waste after taxpayer's money. if i called you over the weekend and told you, hey, my finances are tough. promised my little girl i would boy her an american girl doll for christmas. i don't have any idea how to do it. you tell me, i know there is a gun store.

if you haven't committed the crime is that fair? what about it, jonna? the comes aren't dumb, they know. you need an act in furtherrance of the conspiracy. why do they investigate this guy if he didn't have any more than a conversation with the undercover filmmaker. alexandria is not a republican stronghold. let me tell you that. if the alexandria cops are looking into this they are not right-leaning guys. >> there is an entertainment factor to this more than anything. the activist groups will get in the police face, too. look at this evidence that i got for you here. really i do think there is much more -- much more smoke than anything else. this guy should have said get out of my face, you are talking crazy, this is ridiculous.

i'm not going to entertain you. i was humoring him and then i left. megyn: another sound bite suggests -- let's play the first sound bite that he might be humoring him. megyn: you know, do the police take that into account? >> they would. this guys intent is clear he

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megyn: new reaction from the family of the 15-year-old pakistani girl who survived a taliban attack on her life. malala yousufzai's father speaking to the press after visiting his daughter. she is being treated at a british hospital. the taliban targeted her for her work promoting education for girls. >> that's how the father of a young malala yousufzai is describing her recovery. he and the rest of the family of the 15-year-old girl at her bed site at the birmingham, england

hospital. the girl was shot in the head earlier in pakistan. she had been speak fought for the rights of girls to go to school. she was brought here last week. the father described today that she can now talk, write, and see and stand. here is more of what he had to say about his brave daughter and her attackers. >> the person wanted to kill her. but she will rise again. she'll stand again. but when she fell pakistan stood and the world raised. >> reporter: world opinion rows up in favor malala and girls like her. pakistan stood up, a country long criticized for being too soft on the taliban. 9 suspects are in custody and a

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>>megyn: just a word on chain of command. we have communicated with top concerns, former generals, and former active duty. they say the way this would work the request positive assistance at c.i.a. to help the ambassador would go through c.i.a. channels which would include the white house and the situation room. requests at c.i.a. annex to help them as they were underfires hours later who is gone through the c.i.a. and then from langley to the department of defse